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2008-01-02 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

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Posted by anonymous5089 2008-01-02 14:03|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Last year, Iran carried out at least 297 executions, according to an AFP count compiled from press reports.

The total was a sharp increase on 2006, when 177 executions were carried out, according to Amnesty International.

Iran currently makes more use of the death penalty than any other country apart from China. Capital offences in Iran include murder, rape, armed robbery, serious drug trafficking and adultery.

Human rights groups have accused Iran of excessive resort to the death penalty, but the authorities say capital punishment is an effective deterrent that is only used after an exhaustive judicial process.

Also a nice little story about a woman who hit her cheating husband on the head with an iron bar then chopped his body into little tupperware sized pieces. Seeing how adultery is a capital offense, wouldn't this be a citizens arrest or does that only count against females?

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-01-02 15:38|| 2008-01-02 15:38|| Front Page Top

#2 I am quite sure there are more than 297 people deserving of execution every year in Iran, but unfortunately those are not going to make the list.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2008-01-02 16:15|| 2008-01-02 16:15|| Front Page Top

#3 evidently it isn't much of a deterrent since the total goes higher every year, not that i am against the death penalty but adultery seems a bit much

Posted by sinse 2008-01-02 17:00|| 2008-01-02 17:00|| Front Page Top

#4 An on-line search of the Guiness word records for 'daily hangings' or 'daily executions' failed to turn up anything, so perhaps Dinnerjacket can get his skinny little a55 written into history........

Posted by USN,Ret. 2008-01-02 17:38|| 2008-01-02 17:38|| Front Page Top